Harvester finger-bar



(No Model.)

A. D. BAILEY.

HARVESTER FINGER BAR.

No. 250,504. I Patented Dec. 6,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABNER D. DAILEY, OF RILEY, INDIANA.

HARV ESTER FINGER-BAR.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 250,504, dated December6, 1881.

Application filed August 17, 1881. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABNER D. DAlLEY, of Riley, in the county of Vigo andState of Indiana, have-invented a new and useful Improve ment inFinger-Bars for Harvesters; and I do hereby declare that thefollowingisafull, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvements infinger-bars for harvesters. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the sameon line was of Fig. 1.

Myinvention relates to improvements in the finger-bars of that class ofharvesters in which the out grain falls upon an endless belt or carrierin rear of the cutters, which belt conveys the out grain to an elevator,and thence to a grain-binder.

In this class of harvesters as now constructed the endless belt orcarrier is arranged above the cutter-bar, and has its front edge a shortdistance in rear of the cuttecbar, whereby an open space is left betweenthe endless belt and the back ofthe cutter-bar, into which short grainand cut weeds fall, causing the loss of the short grain and the cloggingof the belt by the weeds and short grain winding around thebelt-rollers.

To remedy these defects is the object of my invention; and to these endsit consists ot'a finger-bar composed of a metallic plate bent so as toform upper and lower horizontal flanges parallel with each other, theframe of the endless belt being secured between the flanges and thefingers bolted to the upper flange, which upper flange is also providedwith slots for the passage of the endless belt in its revolution,whereby the outer edge of the endless belt revolves in contact with theback of the cutterbar, and the upper face of the belt is flush with thecntter-barand carries the butts ofthe wheat as fast as the heads, thusbringing the stalks made in the upper flange, b, of the metallic platea, for the passage of the endless belt.

It represents the rear longitudinal bar of the belt-frame parallel tothe front bar, It, and secured to the longitudinal bar 1, to the loweredge of which is bolted the bottom board, m, the opposite side of whichrests on the lower flange, o, of the metallic plate a and is boltedthereto.

n 1?. represent rollers journaled in the longitudinal bars h 75 neartheir ends, so that their peripheries lie opposite the ends of the barsand in alignment with the slots 1' t', through which the endless belt 0surrounding the rollers passes in its revolution. Motion is imparted toone of the rollers in the ordinary manner.

19 represents a cap-plate lying over the inner ends of the fingers andextending from one slot to the other of the upper flange, I), of theplate a, and secured thereto at its ends. The cap-plate 19 serves as asupport for the endless belt 0 in its revolution, and holds it flushwith the upper face of the cutter-bar.

q represents the cutter-bar, caused to reciprocate between the fingersin the usual manner, the outer edge of the endless belt lying in contactwith the back edge of the cutter-bar l and the upper faces of theendless belt and cutter-bar being flush with each other. By thisconstruction no space isleft, as in the usualconstruction, for thepassage of short grain and weeds into the belt-frame, and every thingout is carried forward by the belt. The but-ts of the grain also fall onthe belt first, and the stalks are conveyed straight to the binder.

I claim as my invention- The combination, withthe finger-bar coinposedof the plate a, provided with the lower flange, c, and upper flange, I),having fingers (Z and slots it, of the cap-platep, extending between theslots, and belt-frame h k bolted to the plate a, and extending betweenthe slots 2', and carrying the rollersn at each end in alignment withthe slots, whereby the outer edge of ABNER D. DAILEY.

Witnesses:

HENRY MCOABE,

ABRAHAM GLICK;

the belt is adapted to revolve in contact with

